It’s time to brace for record-breaking heat. Last year was the hottest on record and 2024 is shaping up to be even more extreme, with the mercury soaring close to 50 °C on days in Nevada ...

Could this be summer's last hurrah? A short-lived but intense blast of heat is scorching portions of the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday, one that's sending temperatures to "hazardous" levels ...

As the planet warms, heat-related deaths are increasing in the U.S., according to a new study that looked at federally reported data since 1999. More Americans died from heat in 2023 than any year ...

A heat wave was expected to bring record-high temperatures to the midwestern United States this week before spreading to the East Coast, forecasters said. At the same time, a bout of severe ...

Wonder Land: World opinion should impose more pressure on Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar. Image: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Hezbollah retaliated against Israel on Sunday for the July ...

The trigger behind summertime headaches may not be heat itself, but all of the things that come along with it, an expert said. It's a balmy summer day at the beach — you're lying in the sun ...

The number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. increased 117% between 1999 and 2023, according to new research. The research comes after a summer of scorching temperatures and heat waves in the U.S ...

Americans are more at risk from the deadly effects of heat than ever before, a new study found. Researchers from the Journal of the American Medical Association say there were 21,518 deaths from ...

We’ve been experiencing—and can expect in the future—longer heat waves, with higher lows, and sweat that won’t evaporate as easily off our bodies. The summer heat will, on balance ...

A Times climate reporter recounts his journey to switch his home’s HVAC system to a climate-friendly heat pump. By Christopher Flavelle Reporting from my furnace room. You’ve probably heard ...

The finding comes as a late-August heat wave bears down on a significant part of the country. By Austyn Gaffney As dangerous heat bears down on the central and eastern United States this week ...

Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, where high temperatures have caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 21,500 people since 1999, new research has found.